Preliminary steps toward a general theory of internet-based collective-action in digital information commons: Findings from a study of open source software projects

This paper presents some of the findings from a 5-year empirical study of FOSS (free/libre and open source software) commons, completed in 2011.  FOSS projects are Internet-based common property regimes where the project source code is developed over the Internet. The resulting software is generally...

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Main Authors: Charles M. Schweik, Robert English
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht University Library Open Access Journals (Publishing Services) 2013-08-01
Series:International Journal of the Commons
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Online Access:https://www.thecommonsjournal.org/articles/397